NancyLebovitz comments on 2013 Survey Results - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jiro 26 January 2014 12:09:55AM *  1 point [-]

I object to GMOs, but I object to GMOs not because of fears that they may be unnoticed health hazards, but rather because they are often used to apply DRM and patents to food, and applying DRM and patents to food has the disadvantages of applying DRM and patents to computer software. Except it's much worse since 1) you can do without World of Warcraft, but you can't do without food, and 2) traditional methods of producing food involve copying and organisms used for food normally copy themselves.

Comment author: NancyLebovitz 26 January 2014 02:18:54AM 1 point [-]

What do you think of golden rice?

Comment author: Jiro 26 January 2014 05:01:54AM 0 points [-]

I don't object to it except insofar as it's used as a loss leader for companies' other GMO products which are subject to DRM and patents.